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Rural Labor and Rural Nonagricultural Activities in the Philippines
Sanchez, Maria Teresa C - eSocialSciences - 2012
of rural nonagricultural employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural … of labor allocation and their sources of income as well as the structure of employment. It also makes use of labor market … employment opportunities affect the rural households' labor allocation decisions and the rural labor markets particularly for …
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State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Executive Summary
Prakash, Padma; IKF, IRIS Knowledge Foundation - eSocialSciences - 2013
The State of the Urban Youth India 2012: Employment, Livelihoods, Skills developed and produced by IRIS Knowledge …
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Review of Rural Non-farm Sector in India: Recent Evidence
Ranjan, Sharad - eSocialSciences - 2007
During the period 1972-73 to 2004-05 in rural India, the total number of workers expanded more in the non-farm sector than the farm sector with the rise in male workers being sharper than that of female workers. This enquir,y primarily based on NSS data, throws up ample evidence of the...
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Elements of Effective Central Banking: Theory, Practice, and History
Goodfriend, Marvin - eSocialSciences - 2007
moderation in the volatility of employment and output. How the mistakes and subsequent successes of the last quarter century of …
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Living Rough: Surviving City Streets
Mander, Harsh - eSocialSciences - 2013
This paper records the findings of a small investigation into a fragment of experiences of people living on streets and into the social, economic, nutritional situation of urban homeless men, women, boys and girls in four cities: the metropolises of Delhi and Chennai, and the cities of Madurai...
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Provisional Population Totals: Rural Urban Distribution India: Series I
eSocialSciences - 2011
The rural-urban distribution of the population is shown. URL:[http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india/paper2_1.pdf].
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Providing Microfinance and Social Space to Empower Adolescent Girls: An Evaluation of BRAC’s ELA Centres
Shahnaz, Rizwana; Karim, Raihana - eSocialSciences - 2010
social interventions in 2005 by setting up ELA (Employment and Livelihood for Adolescents) Centres for the ELA microfinance …
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Short Duration Migration in India: An Appraisal from Census 2001
Korra, Vijay - eSocialSciences - 2011
This paper tries to focus on the method to assess the magnitude of short/seasonal migration based on its broad characteristics. It attempts to analyse the contrasting characteristics of short duration and permanent migration. The study applies the widely recognised demographic technique of...
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For Love or Money? Motivating Workers
Naeem, Saima; Zaman, Asad - eSocialSciences - 2013
An analysis of the ability of employers to provide care and attention as a way to motivate their employees is done. Workers not only compare their wages, as pointed out in previous literature, but also compare the socio-emotional resources provided by their employer. This provides important...
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The Predictive Value of Subjective Labour Supply Data: A Dynamic Panel Data Model with Measurement Error
Euwals, Rob - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper tests the predictive value of subjective labour supply data for adjustments in working hours over time. The idea is that if subjective labour supply data help to predict next year’s working hours, such data must contain at least some information on individual labour supply...
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